Blinded in Bangladesh protests, students hope for better future

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Bangladeshi student Omar Faruq believes the future of his country is bright but all he can see is darkness, after police trying to crush a student-led revolution blinded him with rubber pellets. Faruq is one of dozens being treated at the National Institute of Opthalmology and Hospital. Many of them say their injuries are a small price to pay for the ouster of ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5 ending her 15-year autocratic rule.
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00:00I am not aware that I have been hit by a rubber bullet from this side, but I am able to move
00:20to this side because I don't have this side.
00:26I can't even imagine how many plates of rice there are in the market.
00:31I don't know if I will be able to eat this much rice.
00:56I don't know if I will be able to eat this much rice.
01:11I feel very happy.
01:13I don't know how to describe this happiness.
01:19The cruelty, the abuse, the injustice, the cruelty towards us,
01:27the chastisement, the cruelty, the injustice, the chastisement,
01:32the chastisement, the injustice, the cruelty, the injustice,
01:38I feel very happy.
01:40If Allah doesn't bless us with freedom,
01:45I will be able to face the people and hear their cries.

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